I was born and raised in a sort of sect called Camphill. Partly in Pennsylvania, partly in upstate New York. Ever seen the movie "The Village" by M Night Shyamalan? That was filmed 20 minutes away from where I grew up, and the village depicted is similar in many ways, but we did have electricity, cars, telephones. If you go to my homepage www.robertsmith-hald.com you can read more about it there.
I’m a singer song-writer, always have been. Growing up, we were only allowed classical music, not that I minded very much, I loved it, and still do. But the music I loved the most, pop, rock, country, folk, that was was seen as the devils work in the sect, so I made it in my head, kept it to myself.
Years later, I finally managed to get my parents to buy me a guitar. I was 16, and we had left the sect. They were still pretty into it though, so it had to be a classical guitar. I still have it, it was a peice of shit made in east germany. They got our music teacher neighbor to teach me some chords, with strict instructions to only teach me chords that I could use in classical style music. The first two chords he showed me were Am and Em, also showing me how to make them into major chords, which I shouldn’t use, because that was for rock, pop, and folk. Of course, I only used the major chords.
My first pop music experience was Elvis (read more about that on my webpage) and after that The Beatles. My sister went to a boarding school, and she came back with records. She had to hide them so they wuldn’t get chucked out. A lot of them did, but Sgt Pepper survived, and that was my first Beatles experience. Listening to that record, keeping watch for them so they wouldn’t get hold of it and destroy it.
I wrote my first song with that guitar, and have never stopped writing. It’s what I do. I write constantly. I live and breathe songwriting and music. Its what I love to do, my passion.
Robert Smith-Hald feat. Fusa’s Finest at Garage, Bergen, February 2008
Live at Norwegian Broadcasting corporation P1 w/BÃ¥rd Ose
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